Senate approves army bill and FHA extension
The Senate approved a record $10.38 billion army appropriation, and advanced a bill extending the Federal Housing Administration life and mortgage insurance cap to 5 billion dollars. It also sent a $150 million defense worker facilities outlay to the White House, with other measures awaiting final action before the fiscal year ends.
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Washington
Senate
House
Federal Housing Administration
White House
District of Columbia
FHA
Senate Passes-See Page 2 SPECIAL AGENTS OCIZE RECORDS
Attorney General Biddle announced criminal proceedings in St Paul and Minneapolis against leaders of the Socialist Workers party on sedition and advocating overthrow of the U S government. FBI agents seizedrecords and propaganda as part of an intensive yearlong investigation. Names of those involved not released.
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Washington
Biddle
St. Paul
Minn
Socialist Workers Party
United States
Justice Department
Workers Union of Napolis
FBI
Minneapolis
Bidate Saluation
Senate Confirms Harlan F. Stone as Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone was unanimously confirmed by the Senate today as chief justice of the United States. Charles Evans Hughes will retire July 1. Stone, 68, a Republican from New York, succeeds Hughes. confirmation of Attorney General H. Jackson to be associate justice was delayed to hear opposition testimony. President Roosevelt had sent both nominations June 12.
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Washington
Harlan F. Stone
Senate
United States
H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Stone
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
Norris
Roosevelt
Senator Byrness
D-Sc
James C. McReynolds
Byrnes
Jackson
Senator Tyding
Officials eye subway strike threatens defense output
A labor dispute near Midland Michigan disrupted Dow Chemical magnesium production essential to defense. CIO union lines formed at the Dow plant while management reported continued operation and no count of workers defying the picket.
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Associated Press
Midland
Mich
Dow Chemical Company
Chemical
United Mine Workers (Cio
Nile King
Williams. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Murray D. van Wagoner
Washington
Defense
CIO
San Francisco
Pipers Corporation
Lock Haven
World's Largest Plane Statistics
Statistics on the B-19 bomber from Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica detail cost of 3 and 500 engineers 9 000 drawings 2 000 000 man hours for four year build 11 000 gallon fuel 212 foot wingspan 132 foot fuselage 42 foot height and 82 ton capacity with Wright Duplex Cyclone engines and a 10 man crew plus 8 sleeping.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft
Raleigh Woman Accused as Accessory in Slaying of Husband
Beckley W Va June 27 state rests case against Mrs Gusta Adkins 40 after witnesses say she asked someone to kill her husband Raleigh county farmer Willie Adkins 52. Adkins was killed in a case where Cleopus Adkins 19 unrelated pleaded guilty last fall and is serving life.
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Beckley
W. Va
Gusta Adkins
Willie
Raleigh County
Camp Cabell Abandoned by CCC Officers in Milton
CCC officers disclose Camp Cabell is being abandoned in Milton on June 27. They state equipment will be left intact and the camp ad may be occupied soon in the future.
Chamber Elects Seven to Board of Directors
The Bluefield chamber of commerce announced seven men elected to its board for two-year terms. From Bluefield West Virginia the new directors include F Mae J A Coleman Gill G Otey and J M Sanders. Bluefield Virginia picks Hudson Huffard and Mayor Carl Creasy of the Bluefield Casket Company. Holdover secretary will be elected as Rish presents annual report and plans for 1941 and 42 programs.
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Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
F. M. Ae
J. A. Coleman
I ' Gills
G. Otey
J. M. Sanders
Bluefield
W. Va
Hudson Huffard
Chamber
Carl Creasy
Bluefield Casket Company
Rish
Sincee McLain
R. Eb.shirey
J. P. Dillard
Guy French i
M. 8. Smith
Maiden B-19 Bomber Performs On First Flight
At Santa Monica and March Field the B-19 bomber made its maiden test flight. Maj. Stanley M. Umstead piloted the $3.5 million craft into the air in nine seconds then landed after 56 minutes with brakes and gear operating perfectly. The event drew thousands as the sky monster completed a successful, cautious test.
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March Field
Calif
Army Air Corps
Santa Monica
Stanley M. Umstead
Army
Clover Field
Army Air Base
Umstead
Douglas
Legislative bills valued at five dollars each case verdict
Williamson West Virginia June 27 legislative bills are worth about five dollars each Magistrate George Ward awarded Delegate James R Ewing of Wheel ing a judgment for one hundred fifty dollars against Delegate Rush F Parley of Mingo county Ewing sued to collect for framing twenty five bills Parley says the bills were only worth about one dollar each Ewing claimed he was acting as a lawyer to ensure legal compliance with the client’s needs
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Farley
Parley
Ewing
Bluestone man killed by high voltage accident on Mohegan pole
Gilbert Byrd a 21 year old Norfolk and Western railway employee from Bluestone was fatally shocked yesterday at 5 10 pm while painting beams on a 30 foot pole near Welch Mohegan the two year employee died from a fractured skull after being struck by a high voltage wire.
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Gilbert Byrd
Bluestone
Norfolk and Western Railway
Byrd
Mohegan
Welch
Nazi Day Main Decision Gained Berlin Says
The Nazi press claimed a decisive victory over Russia with an annihilated Soviet division and disrupted Russian rail lines by air attacks. German reports said prisoners and booty increased as many Soviet troops surrendered, while Luftwaffe strikes hit airports railways and highways and a German tank column knocked out numerous Russian vehicles.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Red Army
Russia
DNZ
DNB
White Sea
Black
Luftwaffe
Western
Europe
Roosevelt May Put Coal Priority Under Bituminous Division
Washington reports that President Roosevelt favors placing coal priority duties with the bituminous coal division raising questions about control over coal for national shortages. Edward R. Stettinius Jr director of the priorities division told a House committee the president had previously been consulted on whether coal falls under their jurisdiction and indicated authority rests with others.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Office of Production Management
Stettinius
House
Council of National Defense
Coal Commission
British Continue Night Air Raids Across French Coast
The Royal Air Force pounded the French coast for the 17th straight night, dropping bombs through the Dover Strait after midnight. Britain’s attacks, visible by flares, focused on targets along the German-held Calais area as observers noted heavy anti aircraft fire.
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London
Royal Air Force
Dover Strait
RAF
England
Thut
Calais
Diplomatic drive to broaden war against Russia across Europe
As Nazi armies advance on Moscow, Hitler’s diplomats seek to turn the war into a continental crusade against communism. Spain Hungary Slovakia Croatia Italy France Romania Finland Portugal and other states are urged to join, with varied reported steps toward collaboration and mobilization.
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Adolf Hitler
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Fuehrer
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Berlin
Spain
Hitler
Falange
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Italy
France
Paris
Finland
Thursday
Portugal
Europe
Nazis Drive Triangular Wedge Toward White Russia
Nazi forces push a large triangular wedge into Soviet defenses as they advance toward White Russia. Soviet troops counter with savage rear guard actions and numerous counterattacks while defenders hold firm in the southern sector.
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Soviet
White
Russia
German and Soviet Forces Clash Across Northern Poland
German panzer divisions pushed deeper into northern Poland as Soviet defenses buckled in places while claiming heavy losses for the invaders in savage rear-guard fighting. In central Poland a large tank battle raged near Luck as Soviet troops counter-attacked, seized prisoners, and claimed 49 German tanks destroyed. The two sides reported varying successes with Berlin promising major news soon.
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Poland
Russia
Red Army
Siaulai
Lithuania
Vilna
Baranowicze
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Treasury Presses 15 Percent Auto Tax in Tax Bill
The treasury urged a 15 percent tax on new auto sales and a 3.5 percent levy in the $3.5 billion tax bill to curb auto production and inflation risk from defense spending. House Ways and Means members noted treasury also proposed a five percent tax on candy and chewing gum with opposition debating broader scope.
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Washington
Congress Ly
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Committee
The
Morgantown Grants Permit for 96 Suncrest Rental Houses
The Defense Homes corporation received a permit to build 96 houses in Suncrest to relieve a housing shortage caused by the Morgantown ordnance works. Construction will begin Monday, and the homes will be rental housing for workers employed at the ordnance facility making anhydrous ammonia for munitions.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Defense Homes Corporation
Suncrest
Morgantown Ordnance Works
Mer
Ordnance Works
Roosevelt cites ammunition shortage and defense shake up
President Roosevelt said the United States lags in ammunition production and may adjust defense management. He discussed supplying Ireland rifles without ammo, noted rifle processing is progressing, and peak defense output varies by field. He did not commit to reorganizing the Office of Production Management and touched on aid to Russia and neutrality issues.
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Erie
Hyde Park
N. J
Roosevelt
Office of Production
United States
Eire
Russia
Sumner Welles
Russian withdrawal shifts battle to Lithuania and Latvia region
The Russians fell back in Vilnius and Poland near Minsk and formed new lines in northern Lithuania near Siauliai as German forces push northeast toward Riga. All combat remained in buffer states Soviet took over recently.
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Vilne
Poland
Minsk
Lithuania
Siauliai
Riga
Soviet Forces Reposition After Fierce Nazi Thrusts
Moscow reports heavy Nazi offensives pushing toward the old Russian Northern Poland frontier while Soviet forces claim to hold elsewhere and even counter attack across the Danube into Romania to seize prisoners. The communique notes a three point defense reorganization as Red troops pull back.
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Moscow
Poland
Red
Danube
Rumania
Bombing of Turku and Finnish centers by Soviet bombers
Soviet air raids hit Finnish targets along a northern front from the White Sea to the Black Sea. Turku, a key port on the Gulf of Bothnia, suffered heavy destruction with over 100 buildings burned and casualties. Two planes dropped bombs at Tammisaari near the Hango peninsula, killing a postman and damaging houses.
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Associated Press
Helsinki
Finland
White Sea
Black Sea
Moscow
Turku
Gulf of Bothnia
Tammisaari
Hango
Asia
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